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The Legends Football League (LFL) is a women's 7-on-7 tackle American football league, with games played in the spring and summer at NBA, NFL, NHL and MLS arenas and stadiums. The league was founded in 2009 as the Lingerie Football League and was rebranded as the Legends Football League in 2013. The league's founder and chairman is Mitchell S. Mortaza, and the league's administrative offices are located in Los Angeles, California. ==Background== The concept of the LFL originated from an alternative Super Bowl halftime television special called the Lingerie Bowl, a pay-per-view event broadcast opposite the Super Bowl halftime show. The first three Lingerie Bowls were held annually from 2004 to 2006 and were billed as Lingerie Bowls I, II, and III. From 2007 to 2009, the next three planned Lingerie Bowls (billed as Lingerie Bowls IV, V, and VI) were all cancelled for various reasons. In 2009, LFL chairman Mitch Mortaza expanded the concept from a single annual exhibition game to a ten-team lingerie football league. Most LFL teams in the United States use the same color scheme as a professional men's football team in the area; most LFL US teams base their color scheme on local NFL teams, although in cities without NFL teams, UFL (Las Vegas, Orlando), and former NFL (Los Angeles) teams' color schemes have been used. In Canada, the teams' colors are based on either CFL teams (Toronto, Regina) or ice hockey teams (BC, Saskatoon). As of 2014, some of the team colors in Australia do not reflect a professional men's team in that city, but rather the traditional colors used by the state representative teams in which they are based. In addition to a couple of teams in the US who have changed their color schemes to be their own and not reflective of the other local teams. Many of the teams are coached by former NFL players and coaches who are already well known in their respective cities. Many of the players have a background in competitive athletics at the college and semi-pro level, in sports such as track and field, tennis, volleyball, softball, soccer, basketball, and fitness-style bodybuilding. A few also have experience in tackle football from playing in other semi-pro leagues. On January 10, 2013, the Lingerie Football League announced it would change its name to the Legends Football League (while still retaining the LFL moniker). The league announced that the athletes would wear "performance apparel" instead of lingerie, but the uniforms look very much the same as before.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The New Lingerie Football League Uniforms – Business Insider )〕 In addition to the new uniforms, redesigned shoulder pads were introduced to provide more protection for players. Other league changes included eliminating images of sexy women from team logos and changing the league tagline from "True Fantasy Football" to "Women of the Gridiron".〔 On June 30, 2014, Melissa Margulies, a former LA Temptation and All-Fantasy player filed a class action lawsuit in a Los Angeles Superior Court seeking general and compensatory damages, restitution, waiting time penalties, interest and costs. The lawsuit was filed in a 20-page complaint alleging labor law violations, including categorizing players as independent contractors despite the league not allowing players rights due such a classification.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Player Sues Group Formerly Known as Lingerie League - westsidetoday.com )〕 Margulies was seeking former and current players to join the lawsuit, but as of the first hearing no new names have been added to the lawsuit. On July 22, 2014, Judge Emilie Elias, the presiding judge, ruled the lawsuit a complex decision, citing Rule 3.400 of the California Rules of Court.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Title Three Rules – rules_of_court )〕 On January 13, 2015, Judge Amy D. Hogue, taking over the lawsuit a couple months prior, ordered a hearing for June 4, 2015. Other lawsuits have popped up across the nation, but details, besides the basis of players being labeled as independents, are minimal at the current time. One of the lawsuits has been filed by Robin "Nikki" Johnson, formerly of the Las Vegas Sin. On May 12, 2015, it was reported that the league had defaulted in the Johnson case. As of August 28, 2015, no verdict has been reached in the Margulies case, but another hearing is set for December 8, 2015. In October 2014, for the second time in the short history of the Legends Football League, Mitchell S Mortaza announced the cancellation of an entire season less than two weeks before the kick-off of the LFL Australian season. This announcement was followed by every player and coach joining the new Ladies Gridiron League in Australia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Legends Football League」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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